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247-2719 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River locomotive 9420 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8109-03 / 91-119 from March 1991 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an ALCo Schenectady built C630 serial 3486-4 and built new for Chesapeake & Ohio (USA) as their 2103. It is one of four C630 ALCo units purchased in 1974 and delivered to Robe in January 1975. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.
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251-0819 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5507 panel side view of Goldsworthy Joint Venture lettering. One of only three units to carry such. 22nd April 2000.
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251-0919 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5509 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6012-1 and road number 5452 and assigned new serial number 4839-05 / 87-074. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Chichester. 5509 was subsequently cut down in September 2003 and then sent to United Goninan's Lansdowne NSW facility for use as an engine test bed, then later to Broadmeadow NSW. 22nd April 2000.
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251-1419 viewsNelson Point, BHP's retired Goninan WA's ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuilds, these were the first time in the world that an ALCo C636 had been rebuilt into an GE C36-7, are lined up near the service shop awaiting their fate. The line is 5510, 5506, 5508, 5512, 5513, 5507, 5509, 5511, and, 5513. They had recently been displaced due to the arrival of the AC6000 units which also took their name plates. Only two units would go on to survive 5507 and 5508. 22nd April 2000.
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251-2119 viewsNelson Point wheel lathe, BHP's General Electric built AC6000 model 6074 serial 51066 idles away outside the shop. 22nd April 2000.
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251-2519 viewsNelson Point hard stand area, BHP's 5631 'Apollo' built new in October 1988 by Goninan as a GE CM39-8 model with serial number 5831-10 / 88-080. One of four such units built in 1988 and delivered in the Mt Newman orange livery. 22nd April 2000.
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210322 957719 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is Chinese built ballast waggon BAH 105 on a loaded ballast rake. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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210322 958419 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is CRRC Yangtze Rolling Stock Co of China built ballast plough waggon BP 04 on a loaded ballast rake, view of B end. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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257-0519 viewsFlash Butt yard BHP's stored Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5512 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1988 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from a 1970 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6041-1 and road number 5455 and assigned new serial number 4839-01 / 88-077. It was delivered in Mount Newman Mining orange and was named Hesta. Late 2001.
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267-0319 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure behind General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial number 51068 leads CM40-8MEFI 5669 on the point with mid-train units CM40-8M units 5651 and 5645 104 waggons back with 104 waggons trailing. 1247 hrs 12th of April 2002.
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267-1519 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, the Sundowner Special is on the Newman mainline leg of the Goldsworthy Junction and triangle, with the Sundowner coach in between CM40-8M GE unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 and sister CM40-8M 5653. This train, and the empty before it, were delayed due to a jamming switch for the transfer road where Tamper 2 and Ballast Regulator 31 can be seen holding track. The road curving around to the left is the Goldsworthy mainline to Boodarie and Finucane Island. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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268-2419 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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269-1019 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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269-1119 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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269-2019 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, and the Alstom 25-year service agreement special led by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 heads back to Nelson Point with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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110620 2014r19 viewsWalla Siding, comparison between two empty BHP ore waggons with the tapered floor design. 4507 was built by Transfield WA in in 1976 in an order for eighteen waggons, while 4260 is a Goninan WA build from an order of one hundred and twenty-six waggons using 3CR12 stainless steel in an effort to eliminate internal painting and reducing wear on the waggon body, these were designated HC7081. 20th of June 2011.
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030712 14254319 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 553, one of the original Magor USA build waggons bought out at construction of the Mt Newman project. Visible is the ODCX code and number 82190 from the Oroville Dam Construction company days in the USA. Unsure of the MS6-82 code, the DZ 11-95 code was the late time it was internally painted to reduce wear and the SL 76 with 92 below it was the last time the Miner SL-76 draft gear was replaced. 12th of July 2003.
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030712 14255719 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 553, one of the original Magor USA build waggons bought out at construction of the Mt Newman project. Visible is the ODCX code and number 82190 from the Oroville Dam Construction company days in the USA. The DZ 11-95 code was the late time it was internally painted to reduce wear and the SL 76 with 90 below it was the last time the Miner SL-76 draft gear was replaced. 12th of July 2003.
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247-2418 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four Goninan WA CM40-8M GE rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train as a loaded rake is dragged to the dumper behind them. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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247-3018 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train is about to pass under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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